South Africa-based Woolworths has appointed a new chief executive, Roy Enzo Bagattini. He will take charge of the company from February 2020. New chief executive joins from Levi Strauss Bagattini is presently executive vice president and president for Levi Strauss Americas. He oversees operations that generate about US$3.0 bn in revenues, which is about half of what Woolworths Holdings does...

Following initiatives from South Africa-based Checkers, Pick n Pay, results from the same country’s Woolworths and reports of Carrefour’s market entry into Uganda, we round up news from the region. Checkers launches one-hour delivery option Checkers is set to introduce a one-hour delivery option under the Sixty60 brand name. Initially launched at selected stores in the Western Cape and Gaut...

David Jones and BP have opened their first convenience store on a petrol forecourt in Bayside, Melbourne. A new offer for petrol forecourts David Jones announced in August that it would partner with BP to open David Jones branded stores on petrol sites in Sydney and Melbourne, with the store at Bayside on the corner of North Road and Nepean Highway marking the start of the partnership. Th...